Is this your lawyer's on-hold music?
www.last.fm A colleague told me it is at one Spokane law office where "Hammer Time" is a fitting phrase.
The Slice archive for April 2013
FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
Spokane: "An American backwater" 5
http://www.stonesthrow.com/jamespants Well, OK. But it's OUR backwater, doggone it.
Teen spitting as predictor of success 1
I don't actually have any data on this. And I believe that people can recover from being young and moronic. But The Slice Blog is willing to entertain wild speculation on this.
Early sports apparel and lasting loyalty
The Slice column asked if, for instance, wearing a WSU shirt as a toddler puts a person on course to be a Coug for life. My friend Johnny Erp said it doesn't always turn out that way. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s, he…
"The Fusilli Jerry"
That memorable "Seinfeld" episode first aired on April 27, 1995. So you can celebrate the anniversary tomorrow. A definite Top 10 nominee, it included the ill-fated pasta statue, "The move", stopping short and... www.icollector.com
Country legend George Jones has died 2
Remember this song? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poueMAJjOxE A few details. http://www.websterpr.com/
Did you hear a pollen explosion?
I think it happened yesterday afternoon, about 3:40. In any case, my watery eyes this morning suggest spring has sprung. I'm guessing I am not alone.
Reasons people don't want to do lunch 1
A) It's nothing personal. They would simply rather read while eating alone. B) They assume you will want to go someplace that would not be their choice. C) Eating with others means you can forget about a quick turnaround. D) They want to go when…
If you had to guess
What percentage of people around here, after all these years, still totally don't get that the origins of "Bloomsday" are literary, not vernal?
"A nurse's life" 2
But maybe it's different in medium-sized cities. www.mycomicshop.com
Happy Friday 1
Just remember. At least no one can say about you, "But his bosses didn't like him so they shot him into space." www.papermag.com
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
This is the state we're in
At least one website manager apparently believes most Americans are like Sam Cooke when he sang, "Don't know much about geography." A colleague was dealing with a journalism site's user registration page. He had come to the alphabetical drop-down in which you click on your…
No. 1 song on this date in 1983
You might have heard this song once or twice. www.45cat.com
Riding a bike in Spokane 2
I know some people would assume otherwise. We love stereotypes, after all. But in my experience, heavy equipment operators and others working on roads tend to behave in a friendly manner when encountering bicyclists rolling past the construction area. I think the key is for…
Coming in Friday's Slice column
Are baby clothes destiny? www.washington.edu
How many times did you read this? 1
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What if you avoided local media?
Obviously, that wouldn't be my recommendation. But you have to wonder. What would it be like to live in Spokane if you steered clear of local news? Would you be happier? Is ignorance really bliss? Well, you almost certainly would be uninformed. But there would…
Let's see a show of hands 4
Not knowing anything about the English agricultural pioneer after whom the group was named, how many idiot teens thought this guy was Jethro Tull? www.thetimes.co.uk I did. An upperclassman on my high school hockey team clued me in, to spare me from further "goating" --…
"Daddy sang bass... 2
...Manny Sanguillen." About 40 years ago, a friend of mine named Tim Leary used to sing that, employing the improvised lyric I assumed he had invented. But now I wonder. I can't recall Tim claiming to have made that up. So maybe he heard it…
Ever dream about skunks?
And then wonder if having the window open allowed the power of suggestion to drift into the bedroom in the middle of the night.
That tears it
I suspect others might have another word for it. But to me, it's a curse. You see, I am afflicted with the inescapable belief that certain members of my family are not competent to tear a check out of a checkbook. To watch me observing…
This date in Slice history (1997)
Today's Slice question: Who is the Inland Northwest's best dancer?
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
Coming in Thursday's Slice column
.Beware of what might lurk behind that door. Well, not this exact door.This fridge is practically empty. I'm talking about yours. www.appliancist.com
What's the Idaho guns reference in this? 2
I have heard allusions to it, but honestly don't know. I haven't seen the movie. www.flicksandbits.com
Are there local fans of "The Meh List"?
A short feature in The New York Times Sunday magazine, it's a random list of things that leave the tiny piece's author somewhat bored. A friend told me she hears at least some people in NYC don't care for it. But her theory is it…
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